East Lansing man earns ‘Lawyer of Year’ honor

LANSING – Fraser Trebilcock attorney Thaddeus E. Morgan of East Lansing has been named Best Lawyers 2015 Construction Litigation “Lawyer of the Year” in Lansing.

Only a single lawyer in each practice area in each community is being honored as the “Lawyer of the Year.”

Morgan is the immediate past president of Fraser Trebilcock, a position he held from 2010-2013, and he currently serves as the firm’s State Capital Group voting representative.

A former assistant prosecutor and assistant attorney general, he has over 20 years of litigation experience. In addition to his expertise in construction litigation, where he represents owners, contractors and design professionals, he has been named a Best Lawyer In America in the area of commercial litigation since 2013.

He represents businesses and individuals in a wide range of commercial disputes both in state and federal courts.

Morgan has also successfully represented national health insurers and health plans in benefits and coverage priority claims.

He is a member and previous chair of the State Bar of Michigan’s United States Courts Committee, a member of the State Bar of Michigan’s Litigation Council and he is also the past chair of the East Lansing Parks and Recreation Commission.

Morgan is a frequent author and speaker on litigation related matters and he is the co-author of the annual Michigan Bar Journal update on Federal Rules of Civil Procedure amendments.

He was recently selected to co-chair a panel discussion on the 2015 Federal Civil Rule amendments at the U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan Bench-Bar Conference to be held on Mackinac Island Sept. 25-27.